diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0e3efde71..d27eb718f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ conda create -n stack python=3.10
 conda activate stack
 
 cd llama-stack
-pip install -e .
+$CONDA_PREFIX/bin/pip install -e .
 ```
 
 ## The Llama CLI
diff --git a/llama_stack/distribution/build_conda_env.sh b/llama_stack/distribution/build_conda_env.sh
index b210a8c8b..abe59d978 100755
--- a/llama_stack/distribution/build_conda_env.sh
+++ b/llama_stack/distribution/build_conda_env.sh
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ ensure_conda_env_python310() {
 
   if [ -n "$TEST_PYPI_VERSION" ]; then
     # these packages are damaged in test-pypi, so install them first
-    pip install fastapi libcst
-    pip install --extra-index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ llama-models==$TEST_PYPI_VERSION llama-stack==$TEST_PYPI_VERSION $pip_dependencies
+    $CONDA_PREFIX/bin/pip install fastapi libcst
+    $CONDA_PREFIX/bin/pip install --extra-index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ llama-models==$TEST_PYPI_VERSION llama-stack==$TEST_PYPI_VERSION $pip_dependencies
   else
     # Re-installing llama-stack in the new conda environment
     if [ -n "$LLAMA_STACK_DIR" ]; then
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ ensure_conda_env_python310() {
       fi
 
       printf "Installing from LLAMA_STACK_DIR: $LLAMA_STACK_DIR\n"
-      pip install --no-cache-dir -e "$LLAMA_STACK_DIR"
+      $CONDA_PREFIX/bin/pip install --no-cache-dir -e "$LLAMA_STACK_DIR"
     else
-      pip install --no-cache-dir llama-stack
+      $CONDA_PREFIX/bin/pip install --no-cache-dir llama-stack
     fi
 
     if [ -n "$LLAMA_MODELS_DIR" ]; then
@@ -100,14 +100,14 @@ ensure_conda_env_python310() {
       fi
 
       printf "Installing from LLAMA_MODELS_DIR: $LLAMA_MODELS_DIR\n"
-      pip uninstall -y llama-models
-      pip install --no-cache-dir -e "$LLAMA_MODELS_DIR"
+      $CONDA_PREFIX/bin/pip uninstall -y llama-models
+      $CONDA_PREFIX/bin/pip install --no-cache-dir -e "$LLAMA_MODELS_DIR"
     fi
 
     # Install pip dependencies
     if [ -n "$pip_dependencies" ]; then
       printf "Installing pip dependencies: $pip_dependencies\n"
-      pip install $pip_dependencies
+      $CONDA_PREFIX/bin/pip install $pip_dependencies
     fi
   fi
 }
diff --git a/llama_stack/distribution/distribution.py b/llama_stack/distribution/distribution.py
index b641b6582..035febb80 100644
--- a/llama_stack/distribution/distribution.py
+++ b/llama_stack/distribution/distribution.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import importlib
 import inspect
 from typing import Dict, List
 
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
 from llama_stack.apis.agents import Agents
 from llama_stack.apis.inference import Inference
 from llama_stack.apis.memory import Memory
@@ -17,8 +19,6 @@ from llama_stack.apis.safety import Safety
 from llama_stack.apis.shields import Shields
 from llama_stack.apis.telemetry import Telemetry
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel
-
 from .datatypes import Api, ApiEndpoint, ProviderSpec, remote_provider_spec
 
 # These are the dependencies needed by the distribution server.
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from .datatypes import Api, ApiEndpoint, ProviderSpec, remote_provider_spec
 SERVER_DEPENDENCIES = [
     "fastapi",
     "fire",
+    "httpx",
     "uvicorn",
 ]
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3351b9c6f..2b2f3fea1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ blobfile
 fire
 httpx
 huggingface-hub
-llama-models>=0.0.21
+llama-models>=0.0.24
 prompt-toolkit
 python-dotenv
 pydantic
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4f01fceb8..f389d5364 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def read_requirements():
 
 setup(
     name="llama_stack",
-    version="0.0.21",
+    version="0.0.24",
     author="Meta Llama",
     author_email="llama-oss@meta.com",
     description="Llama Stack",